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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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